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Two Penn State Behrend students remove a damaged section of wall from a home in Houston.

Behrend ASB trip 2

Two dozen students from Penn State Behrend joined others from five different Penn State campuses to clean homes in Texas that had been damaged by Hurricane Harvey.

Students smile for camera

Focus Group Students

Two Schuylkill students pleased with the Unizin pilot were Bria Nickerson (left) and Deja Young, shown above at the focus group session. They were both in Ron Kelly’s Introduction to Criminal Justice course. 

Tarana Burke

Tarana Burke

 Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Tarana Burke Streaming of Tarana’s speech will be available Thursday, March 22, at 8:00 p.m. EDT  

Psychology lunch and learn presentation

Psychology Lunch and Learn

Before traveling to the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia over spring break, psychology students Katelynn R. Lake and Andrea N. Ross presented their research project at a campus Lunch and Learn session, attended by students, faculty and staff. From left are Dr. P. Douglas Sellers, assistant professor of psychology and faculty advisor; Ms. Ross; Dr. Karin Machluf, assistant professor of pscyhology; and Ms. Lake.

PSWS psych students

PSWS pscyhology students and faculty

Before traveling to the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia over spring break, psychology students Katelynn R. Lake and Andrea N. Ross presented their research project at a campus Lunch and Learn session, attended by students, faculty and staff. From left are Dr. P. Douglas Sellers, assistant professor of psychology and faculty advisor; Ms. Ross; Dr. Karin Machluf, assistant professor of pscyhology; and Ms. Lake.

Cleaning up

Gutting a damaged home

Ariel Russell, Rebecca Remsky, Ashli Daley, Monique Robinson and Lauren Sciabbarrasi work together to clear out a hurricane damaged home in Beumont, Tx.

 

Damaged home

Damaged home

Students who traveled to Beaumont, Tx. for their alternative spring break helping victims of Hurricane Harvey found many homes just like this one -- damaged, unliveable and in need of clean-up and repair.

Group photo

Operation Blessings Group photo

Participants in Penn State Worthington Scranton's first alternative spring break service trip take time to pose of a group photo. Front row, from left: Monique Robinson, Rawan Abu-Zaineh, Thomas Yocum, Amanda Darwish, Mia Paone, Ashli Daley and Emily Scarfo. Back row, from left: Alicia Kasson, JJ Zielinski, Thomas Gonzales, Rebecca Remsky, Lauren Sciabbarrasi, Ariel Russell and Matthew Nied.